Health Authorities: Manpower

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by  (a) NHS hospital trusts,  (b) ambulance trusts and  (c) primary care trusts on temporary administrative staff in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen: The expenditure in national health service hospital trusts, ambulance trusts and primary care trusts on non-NHS staff under the 'administrative and clerical' heading are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   £ 
			   NHS Hospital Trusts  Ambulance Trusts  Primary Care Trusts 
			 2003-04 121,801,000 7,389,000 3,980,000 
			 2004-05 105,520,000 6,339,000 60,926,000 
			 2005-06 105,591,000 8,366,000 72,329,000 
			 2006-07 90,191,000 8,374,000 73,640,000 
			 2007-08 120,556,000 10,804,000 115,109,000 
			  Note: These figures do not include bank staff (either organised by the organisation itself or via NHS Professionals). Figures also do not include foundation trusts. Where an NHS trust obtains foundation trust status part way through any year, the data calculated are only for the part of the year the organisation operated as an NHS trust.  Source: NHS Trust and PCT Financial Returns